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debridement

English

Alternative forms

  • débridement

Etymology

Borrowed from French débridement.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de?b?i?d?m??/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??b?i?dm?nt/

Noun

debridement (plural debridements)

  1. (medicine) The removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.
  2. (dentistry) The removal of the dental tartar that has accumulated over teeth, typically done using hand tools and ultrasound instruments.

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amputation

English

Etymology

From Middle French amputation, from Latin amputatio.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

amputation (countable and uncountable, plural amputations)

  1. surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
  2. the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma

Translations

See also

  • acrotomophilia
  • apotemnophilia
  • apotemnophobia

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??.py.ta.sj??/
  • Rhymes: -??
  • Homophone: amputations

Noun

amputation f (plural amputations)

  1. amputation

Further reading

  • “amputation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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